Hey guys, I hope you're reading for the second batch of Scenarios ;)
First, the narrative, as two of the scenarios happened, the first to me (before I became an Affiliate Instructor yet a few years after discovering and started training in Senshido), and the second to my friend "N", a Lebanese Sanda kickboxing champion. (Both scenarios occurred in Lebanon)
Narrative for Scenario 1: Beggar Deception and Encroaching: A few years ago, I was walking the streets next to my Alma Mater, the American University of Beirut, while I see a tall, gawky guy coming from the opposite direction (but on the same sidewalk) make eye contact as he passed by, then greeting me and asking me how I've been doing, and that he'd missed me, etc. My reaction was a cautious hello, and my hands assumed the Jack Benny stance, as I had no idea who the guy was, and was pretty confident that he was trying to scam me or something (the energy wasn't quite right). As I replied that he must be confusing me with someone else and that I didn't know him, he changed his strategy, stopped pretending he knew me, and started begging me: "Please, I need money to get back to my town in the north, I'm begging you give me a thousand pound for the fare (around 70 U.S cents)". He faked crying and started begging, to the point where I had a passive stance up. The guy was annoying the hell outta me but then again, it was possible that he was telling the truth, and I didn't want to posture or threaten or anything (Not my approach anyways). Giving him a thou would not ruin me financially, and since I had the money in my shirt's front pocket, I just did, and then tactically disengaged before going on my merry way.
Narrative for Scenario 2: Beware of the hot sexy decoy: My friend was driving around, going from Beirut to his house a few kilometers away. On the way, he picks up a cute chick who was hitchhiking. The girl started talking, and then asked him for around 20USD. My friend said "Yeah sure, but why should I?" She said "What would you like in exchange?" (Implying sexual gratification). My friend said "Nothing, I was just asking" and gave her the money, later dropping her at the place she wanted to go to. Before leaving, the girl turns and told my friend, "You're a nice guy, next time, don’t pick up just anyone, there are some dangerous people out there". As "N" was driving away, the girl went into a car that was following them. If my buddy had fucked up, tried to score, or if the chick didn't have a conscience, he would have been mugged, stabbed, or beaten up by the girl and her gang who was following in the car. (My friend told me that she had one of her hands, I think the left hand, in her pocket and was fidgeting something, probably a knife)
Let us make these real life events into proper scenarios:
Scenario 1: Beggar Deception and Encroaching. (Single Armed Attacker, One of two Innocent Bystanders). You're walking the streets in a neighborhood that is well-known to you, and you're in good physical and mental conditions. The not-too-shabbily-dressed Beggar (SAA) is moving on the same lane but coming from the opposite direction. As you’re walking towards him, he makes facial expressions that shows he might know you, and stays “Hello, how are you doing, it’s been a long time” as he’s at your level. If you acknowledge this, he then starts asking you about the family, who’s seeing, etc. If you acknowledge his little game, he might propose to go for a coffee or lunch. If you still agree, he’ll take you to a good place, eat, and escape before the bill comes, either by deception (I need to use the toilet) or by thanking you and leaving very fast, not letting you the time to tell him to pay for his share. If you tell him you don’t know him, he’ll break down and start crying, begging you for money, a cab fare, etc. If you try to leave, he might encroach on your space and beg you louder, crying, etc, generally making a scene. If you are insulting in you’re telling him to fuck himself, he may pull out a knife or gun and threaten you, humiliating you before taking your valuables. If you push him around and there are any witnesses, they might intervene, and see you as the bad, cold bastard, and come to the defense of the bad guy, thus creating a multiple attacker situation (this could be part of a larger attack dynamic, with the beggar being a decoy and the passersby his buddies) The beggar can also pretend you hit him, and start yelling bloody murder, which will result in more people coming up (Baddie can try to settle out of court by telling you he’ll forget about the whole incident if you pay him a small compensation of $50-$100). Play with it and let me know how you did it! That ought to be fun :D
Scenario 2: Beware the hot sexy decoy. Here is another scenario that ought to be fun. You need 3 guys and a girl as TPs, 2 cars, and a deserted parking lot. This is a fun distraction-pincer-carjacking-mugging combo scenario :D Weapons possible for use are baseball bat, three knives, and a gun. You're in your car, waiting for the traffic light to go green; it's around 7 PM in a fairly safe (but deserted) part of town. The bad guys are three males in a car behind you and one scantily clad or dressed in attention-grabbing-pants-distorting clothes female baddie. She is the decoy that is waiting on the sidewalk, either hitchhiking (NEVER pick up hitchhiker God damn it!) or waiting for something (a pigeon) and comes over to the passenger side and engages in conversation with you, first asking the time or a cigarette or to light her cig with your car lighter, then flirting with you. The bad guys will move if they feel that the victim is focusing on the girl. The driver will stay in the car, while both passengers will leave the vehicle silently. One will approach from behind the girl and start talking harshly to her and threatening you for hitting on his girlfriend (he might wanna try to grab your collar through the front passenger's seat from your car. Meanwhile, the other baddie would have snuck up behind you, opened the driver seat door of your car, thrown a leather or large vest/ bag you’re your head, dragged you out of the vehicle while beating you senseless, aided by the other guy and possibly by the girl armed with a gun. All the male baddies (the irate boyfriend, the driver, and the carjacker) have knives in their pockets, the girl has a gun in her bag or in some other place, and there is a baseball bat in the gang's car, in the front seat leg space. Objective is to survive! If you are engaged with one bad guy, the other one on foot or the girl will try to steal your car. The remaining baddie(s) will then run back to their own getaway vehicle, make a U turn and exit the scene.
Scenario 3: Elevator Gangbang homosexual rape: Well, it seems I'm not the only insane guy out there; my beloved Training Partners (My cousin Tony, my bro Karim, my friend Sail and my private student Serge) ganged up on me and created one spooky scenario that got my ass kicked so bad my grandkids will be talking about it to their grandkids (If humanity survive and all that). I'll first get this out of my chest; I had one hell of an A-dump during that one. You need an elevator or something to delimit a 2x3 meters space simulating an elevator, 4 male bad guys, and 4 knives. First, the background: You are visiting your girlfriend/ friend/ relative at the hospital where s/he is hospitalized for something or another. You are talking to the person on your mobile phone while waiting for the lift to get to where you are and to take you up to the 3d floor. The trap: The first bad guy is standing next to the elevator, also talking on his mobile, and would enter the elevator after you. Before the doors would close, the rest would enter as well, first one, and before the lift closes, the remaining two. A few seconds after the elevator's ascent, while the 2 closest guys would talk to the victim about hospitals, the third would initiate physical contact in an attempt to sexually arouse the defendant, and the fourth guy would stop the elevator.
I’m gonna break from my normal scenario building steps to show you how it happened to me. It went pretty fucking badly for me. Here are the steps:
As the guys packed themselves in the elevator, I was trapped in the corner. When Karim and Tony (to my right and front respectively) started talking to me, Serge (on my left) started caressing my neck and telling me that I was a hunk and that he wanted to have some fun. As soon as Sail (the last baddie, standing next to the buttons) heard that, he stopped the lift in midcourse.
I tried to talk my way out of the elevator "Guys, I'm honored by your compliments, how about I buy you coffee before we actually do it?" But noooo, they didn't want anything to do with it. So I fucking freaked out and palm struck Karim and Tony, shredding them and escaped the lift, while technically, was inescapable unless I could run across walls and steel doors. So, I had to redo it, with Serge and Sail drawing their knives and threatening me with them, while Karim helm my arms and Tony took me down.
Holy fuck I fucking freaked out!
How would you guys have handled it?
